This page is a list of excerpts, to be used as a resource for teachers and professors, illustrating scale degrees.
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TONIC
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Raised tonic
SUPERTONIC
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Low supertonic
Raised supertonic
MEDIANT
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Low mediant
Picardy third
SUBDOMINANT
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Raised subdominant
DOMINANT
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SUBMEDIANT
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Low submediant in minor
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SUBTONIC
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LEADING TONE
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SERIES OF SCALE DEGREES
- Vivaldi: Spring: I: from The Four Seasons. In bass: 5, 4, 3, 4, raised 4, 5, raised 5, 6.
- Vivaldi: Winter: II: from The Four Seasons. Excerpt ONE. 5, 6, 7, 1 at the end of each short phrase.
- Vivaldi: Winter: II: from The Four Seasons. Excerpt TWO. 6, 7, 1, 7 preceding each scale and at end of excerpt.
- Offenbach: from Orpheus in Hades 3, 1, 6, and 5 repeated four times.